1. when tagging songs, i will put artists' last name first then comma, space, first name. i never named or tagged my songs in that manner, so it seemed very unusual. no biggie tho.

2. now this is a biggie. the unregistered version restricts teh "batch mode", so i had to tag ~100 songs 5 at a time. im dont plan paying for the program just yet, but i fear the annoyance will become worse as my mp3 collection grows.

2. now this is a biggie. the unregistered version restricts teh "batch mode", so i had to tag ~100 songs 5 at a time. im dont plan paying for the program just yet, but i fear the annoyance will become worse as my mp3 collection grows.

Have you ever tried Godfather? [Betanews link]. It uses CDDB (I believe) but you might have better luck with it. I haven't tried it for a long time ... it has loads of features, but takes some time to learn --- it gets great reviews, worth a look.

BTW ... I use RipperX and Easytag ... plus occasionally Amarok (which is MusicBrainz enabled) and in addition also MP3Tag through wine (windows emulator) in linux. They form a great combination. I'm sure you'll find a useable combination for Windows.